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Thanks, R!

Brilliant at fighting fears, but terrible at actually observing them.

We trap ourselves in a loop of overthinking.

Fear is an imagination of the future. And anxiety is believing in those imaginations.

The mind is like a film projector. And it shows you failure, humiliation, illness, loneliness, death. And you forget that this is just a screen, not reality. You become so immersed in that film that you forget the observer sitting behind the screen. Today, I have come to remind you of that observer.

The next time fear arises, don't fight it, don't run away from it. Close your eyes for a min, sit down, and observe where the fear is.

Is it in your hands? No. Is it in your eyes? No. Is it in your stomach? Perhaps there is a tingling sensation. But look carefully. Even that tingling sensation changing. That which is changing cannot be you.

This is the first understanding. You are not fear. You are not anxiety. You are not thought.

You are the one who is observing all these things.

But the mind does not like this idea. As soon as you begin to observe, the mind says, “What will this achieve? This is useless. Your problem is very big.”

Now I understand something deeper. Overthinking happens because you do not trust life. Fear happens because you want to control the outcome. Anxiety happens because you do not accept the present.

Your thoughts?

1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway.
3) If asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again.
4) Never give your real name.

Nobody claps for you when you do the right thing. Sometimes you lose the group chat, the job offer, the friendship. But silence has a price too — it's just a bill that gets paid by someone else. I'd rather be the person who spoke up and lost something, than the one who stayed quiet and kept everything.

A minor parking issue with my neighbour used to stress me out every single day.

​I tried talking to him once, but nothing changed.

​Fast forward 6 months: An elderly family member passed away at his home.

​I put our disagreement aside, paid my condolences, and offered him my extra parking space for his visiting family and guests.

​That single gesture changed everything.

​From that day on, he voluntarily adjusted his parking style to make space for me. It’s been 6 years now, and he still does it.

​In corporate life and personal relationships, we often try to solve friction with arguments or authority. But pure empathy solves problems that logic simply can't.

​What you give out always comes back.

... I'll never judge someone for losing themselves. I've seen what pain does when it overstays its welcome. it settles in, changes you, and turns your own mind into the one place you're most afraid to be.

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